Category: Endorsements
Pittsburgh DFA – Candidate Responses Online
| April 12, 2011 | Posted by Seenster under 2011 Primary, Endorsements |
The Pittsburgh chapter of Democracy for America will be holding their endorsement vote this week. More details on their endorsement vote are available at the bottom of this post. If you are interested – all of the candidates responses to the Pgh DFA questionnaire are available online here. It is interesting to see which candidates…
The Debate Over Filing Fees
| February 18, 2010 | Posted by engagedcitizen under ACDC, Allegheny-County, Elections, Endorsements, Politics |
The Allegheny County Democratic Committee is raising the fee for candidates for State Legislature to file for the ACDC endorsement (PG article). Apparently, the fees were too low, allowing for widespread competition (i.e. democracy). Perhaps this is a delayed reaction to the Clean Sweep movement of 2006 or perhaps its just good, old-fashioned old boys’…
From today’s Harrisburg Online…
| February 18, 2010 | Posted by politicalspy under 2010, Elections, Endorsements, Pennsylvania, Politics |
Governor Ed Rendell has set a Special Election for the May 18th Primary Election Day to fill the unexpired term of the late Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Johnstown…Republicans and Democratic Party officials each will nominate a candidate for the May ballot to fill out the term…in addition to the election for the rest of Murtha’s term, voters…
Roe v. Wade Anniversary: Michelman Endorses Hoeffel
| January 22, 2010 | Posted by p2wp under 2010, Endorsements, Pennsylvania, Politics, Women's Rights |
Thirty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to privacy that includes a legal right to terminate a pregnancy for any reason during her first trimester and in order to protect her health after that. With a U.S. Supreme Court today where George W. Bush filled the seats of Sandra Day…
Don’t Forget about P2pac Happy Hour next Tuesday!
| April 17, 2009 | Posted by P2pac under 2009 Primary Election, Endorsements, Events, P2PAC, Pittsburgh, Politics, West Allegheny |
P2pac invites you to a happy annoucement at a happy hour event. The PAC will annouce its first group of endorsed candidates at a happy hour next Tuesday, April 21st, at 900 Cafe and Lounge on the Northside. More information is available on the P2pac website. See you there! RSVP on Facebook! Can’t attend on…
Committee In Chaos
| April 9, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2009 Primary Election, Allegheny-County, Discussion, Elections, Endorsements, Issues, Politics, voting |
Although it is not stated anywhere for the public to see, the purpose of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee is to endorse Democratic candidates for political office and follow up those endorsements with support. ACDC has long required its members to support the endorsed candidate and, on occasion, has forcibly removed people from office who…
P2pac Endorsement Annoucement on April 21st
| April 8, 2009 | Posted by P2pac under 2009 Primary Election, Elections, Endorsements, Events, Issues, P2PAC, Pittsburgh, Politics, West Allegheny |
P2pac invites you to its monthly happy hour (always the third Tuesday) at 900 Cafe & Lounge in the Northside. The evening will include P2tini’s, good conversation, and the annoucement of who the P2pac has chosen to endorse for the May 19th primary election. Come and bring your friends for some politics and cocktails on…
P2PAC Looking for a Few Good Candidates
| March 3, 2009 | Posted by P2pac under 2009 Primary Election, Elections, Endorsements, P2PAC, Pittsburgh, Politics |
P2PAC is getting ready to make it’s first round of endorsements ever! To get in on the action, send your favorite candidate to the P2PAC website to download the questionnaire: http://p2pac.com/2009/03/02/primary-2009-questionaire/ P2PAC develops, supports, and helps to elect candidates who demonstrate vision, progressive values, and electability. It considers candidates whose districts touch the City of…
Steel-City Stonewall Democrats Endorsements
| February 25, 2009 | Posted by grantstreetgossip under Endorsements |
The Steel-City Stonewall Democrats are the first group to announce their endorsement slate for the May 2009 Primary elections. h/t Post-Gazette and Chris Schultz STRONGLY ENDORSED CANDIDATES Pennsylvania Supreme Court Teresa Sarmina – http://www.sarmina09.com/ Pennsylvania Superior Court Ann Lazarus – http://www.lazarusforsuperiorcourt.org/ Kevin McCarthy Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Barbara Behrend Ernsberger Allegheny Court of Common Pleas Hugh…
By The Facebook Numbers
| February 7, 2009 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2009 Primary Election, Endorsements |
Image via Wikipedia While we wish we could provide some of the fancy graphs and research that Null Space provides, you will have to settle for our plain old chart to analyze this data. Last week we took a look at which candidates had groups on Facebook and the number of members in each group.…
PG Endorses Lee
| October 21, 2008 | Posted by breen under 2008, Endorsements, Government, Issues, Pennsylvania, Politics, Western PA |
Today the Post-Gazette came out in support of Ayanna Lee, Democratic candidate for the 44th District of the PA House. This is a change for the PG, having supported Republican candidate Mark Mustio in the last two elections. Central to its decision, the editorial states: Ms. Lee puts people first in her agenda. She is…
Who Are Pennsylvania’s Delegates?
| March 13, 2008 | Posted by mmp under 2008, 2008 Primary Election April, Elections, Endorsements, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Western PA |
Pt 2. The People If you missed yesterday’s post, I broke down how Pennsylvania will be selecting our 187 delegates. They are broken down into five categories: Unpledged Political Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEOs) and Unpledged Add-On Delegates (Superdelegates), Pledged Delegates (by Congressional District), Pledged At-Large Delegates, and Pledged PLEOs. In this post, I’ll take a…
Steel City Stone Wall Dems Endorsement Results
| March 3, 2008 | Posted by pghgal under 2008, Elections, Endorsements |
Here are the candidates that have been endorsed by the Steel-City Stone Wall Democrats: United States President Hillary Clinton www.hillaryclinton.com Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord www.mccordforpennsylvania.com United States Congress, District 14 Mike Doyle www.mikedoyleforcongress.com United States Congress, District 18 Beth Hafer http://haferforcongress.com PA House of Representatives 19th District Jake Wheatley – www.pahouse.com/wheatley PA House of…
Allegheny County Endorsement Results
| February 11, 2008 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2008, ACDC, Endorsements |
Yesterday, the Allegheny County Democratic Party held their endorsement meeting at Heinz Field. There was some grumbling about the change of location – the endorsement has been held at the IBEW in the past. I did some searching but the Pittsbrurgh bloggers haven’t said much about the endorsement. This republican blogger has decided he won’t…
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